Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1887-01-27
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

THERE was 3 prize fight IN Brooklyn the
other night between Jester and Murray. The
latter thinks now that there was no joke in
the matter
EVERY CAR on q train Of the Panama rail
road has conductor. He goes through his
car with leather bag strapped on one side
and pistol on the olher, and collects his fares
In money. The natives never pay II they can
help II.
OVER 500, 600 200 was spent in building the
l25 steamships plying between here and
Europe. They employ 1870 men, spend
SI,O0OOOO month for coal, carry 10000 pas
aengers year, and earn s22, 000 coo for passage
money, exclusive of what is paid for freight.
The number of persons living to celebrat to
their Tooth birthday is increasing with amsz
ing rapidly. Almost anybody can be a cen
tenary nowadays. 1t Is no distinction at all
coming this Methusaleh business, and some
! other line should be adopted by The country
towns for attracting attention.
IT is SAID that for years there has been held
before the eyes OF ambitious investors an
offer Of prize of $1,000 for the frat ten ba les
OF Juts grown and prepared for market In the
United States at a cost which Will admit of
successful competition with the Indian
article, but the prize is still unearned.
SIR ANDREW CLARKE, the celebrated Eng
lish physician, declares that one-half of the
population of London is permanently i'll. He
defines health as that state in which the
body is not consciously present TO us; the
state in which wor; is easy and duty not
over great a trial; he state in which il Is a
JOY TO see. to think. 10 feel and W be-"
Two big copper cents, issued in 1917, are
among the Tarest in the com collection OF the
Philadelphia mint. These have the liberty
! heads well Defined but on the top ofthe head
over the liberty cap, is q small pr0tnberance
which. under a microscope. appears as q
! crown. This was cut in the die by m ing
| lsh engraver, who thus covertY set the
British crown over The American liberty
head.
| TIE blue-Jav is a bird OF opinions about
most things. and able 10 express himself quite
| clearly; as for example, when he found him
| self unier chair without rounds, on which
| he likes to perch, he stood and looked around
/ on everp side. aud made low, complaining
cry, plainly a protest against So unnatural IA
| chair, and again when he scolded at the rain
| that Game IN sudden gusts against the
! wIudOw, or charged furiouslv at the crark
under Il door when he heard sW eeplng out
| side.
APRoPOs OF the anecdotes in London Truth
| about the brains of King James ! /. of England
anG the heart of Louis NV. Of France. the
fate OF Prince Taleyrand's heart was almost
as strange. The doctors VINO embalmed hi n
found, ON completing the JOB, that they
| had omitted TO replace the rcvered am
prlnceiy heart. There was no time 10 reOpe n
the body: so one of the doctors slipped the
heart into his handkerchief, put it in ms
pocket, and on his way home quietly dropped
1t down one Of the sewers.
ONE OF the strsngest of rel igous sects is
tina. which calls itself The New and Latter
House Of Israel. Its headquarters Is in Chat
ham. Eng, IN which town its devotees are
building an immense temple which will COS
$3.50 900 They believe that they Will not die
and that they are the remnant of true Israel
It's no will reign with Christ for thousand
years. Their founder was man named JrZ-
riel, who is now dead. HIS death was a great
shock TO the believers, but his wife claimed
that 1t was an accident and declared herself
to be his successor.
ALONDoN CORRESPONDENT GAYS: "I see that
some lady has been distinguishing herself az
Mentone by setting her bed curtains on fire
This reminds me OF deliciOusly Characters
tic story which ia going the rounds alb cut
Lord Randolph Churchill. His wife, as YOU
know, is an American lady. and Lord Ran
dOlph went to Queenstown TO meet her. The
vessel was DELAYED, and during the interval.
as Lord Randolph was rs restless as the ocean.
he distinguished himself the first night Dv
setting hs bedroom on fire. He cannot keep
| from his cigarettes, and the next day he sci
his drawlng-rOom on fire. When the second
confagration broke out Lord Randolph sent
| for the landlord. and calmly remarked thai
| this was a very bad hotel: asst night his bed
room mad been set on fire. and now the draw
| Ing-rOOm was IN names; II was perfectly
! scandalOuS.'
THE wonders wrought By natural gas at
Pittsburg have made a profound Impression
upon the most intelligent and enterprsinx
| business men in the country. Natural gas has
| been pIped to Buffalo. Cincinnati is deter
| mined to have II. ana is sure a distance of 100
! miles ia not impracticable. Those who know
, most OF the natural gas scientifically, aud
| those who have handled 1t mechanically. and
| are familiar with It's adaptations, have the
| greatest confidence that Cincinnati can be
! supplied, though the distance from the Tug
! Fork of the Big sandy. West Virginia, where
/ the greatest wells known are situated. exceeds
! lCO miles. The estimated eOst OF the pipe LAID
down IS $4,000 a mile. Possibly $1,000, 600
would bring the product OF tbe well known as
"The Barrett 10 that city. tut it would be
safe TO count on needing 81 $40. 900 for ths
work. The estimate is that the gas blown on
at the Barrett well has value as fuel equal
to Al, 600 bushels VI coal per day.
Mr.. BAYARD is irving to reach a satisfac
tory sett eInent Of the claims which citizens
of this country hold against the Colombian
government. The Colombian Minister Is alb
/ sent on sick leave, but in his place there has
/ been appointed a. Envoy Extraordinary on a
"suecIat mission" gentleman who 10 en-
/ gs gad in business IN lew 10rk-SenOr Don
| j. VI. Hurtado. Tle negotiations have come
! 10 q sudden IT p, owing. 1t Is aid. to desire
/ on the pat Of Mr.. Reward to inc ude in the
| settlement claims Of American citizens grow
/ ing out of the destruction Of Colon. Thi-
! opens an interesting question in I'M ernatiopal
/ law. The United States has formerly held.
! and it is generally conceded by au thOrities
| upon International law. that government
I cannot be made respOnsib Bile for destruction Of
| property at the hands OF rebel forces. in the
! war Of the Rebe lion 4 great amount OF prop
/ erty belonging to foreigners was destroy ed
by the Confederate troops, but the United
! States government universally refused 70
/ make good the lOs+e7. The bill 10 ldemnify
/ the Chinese who suffered hv the Rock Syringe